Why does plugging in earphones automatically turn on bixby

[Android Central Question]

Not sure why plugging in earphones automatically turns on bixby. This typically happens when I'm trying to listen to music on spotify, it then increases the volume/pauses the music or skips songs

note, this is happening on a samsung s8

 

[N4Newbie]

I have had similar issues when the headset wiring or inline control pad was damaged and the control was sending spurious commands to the phone.

Try another headset and see if you have the same problem.